Virgil Barnes

Full Name: Virgil Jennings Barnes	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/165	First Game: September 25, 1919
Birthdate: March 5, 1897	Final Game: September 15, 1928
Birthplace: Ontario, Kansas	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: July 24, 1958
Deathplace: Wichita, Kansas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 5, 1897 in Ontario, Kansas, Virgil Barnes (Virgil Jennings Barnes) played for the New York Giants and Boston Braves over the course of his 9 year career. Barnes broke into the bigs on September 25, 1919 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.48 ERA in 51.2 innings pitched in 1922, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Virgil Barnes's best season was 1924, when he posted a 3.06 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 59 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1919	NY	N	1	0	0	0	18.00	1	4	4	0	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	0
1920	NY	N	1	1	0	1	3.86	2	3	3	0	0	0	7	9	0	1	0	0
1922	NY	N	22	2	1	0	3.48	16	27	20	1	0	2	51.2	46	1	11	3	0
1923	NY	N	22	2	2	3	3.91	6	31	23	0	0	1	53	59	2	19	1	0
1924	NY	N	35	29	16	10	3.06	59	87	78	15	1	3	229.1	239	10	57	1	0
1925	NY	N	32	27	15	11	3.53	53	110	87	17	1	2	221.2	242	9	53	0	1
1926	NY	N	31	25	8	13	2.87	54	73	59	9	2	1	185	183	4	56	1	3
1927	NY	N	35	29	14	11	3.98	66	116	101	12	2	2	228.2	251	14	51	2	4
1928	NY	N	10	9	3	3	5.04	11	32	31	3	1	0	55.1	71	3	18	1	0
1928	BOS	N	16	10	2	7	5.82	7	42	39	1	0	0	60.1	86	3	26	0	0
1928	TOT	N	26	19	5	10	5.45	18	74	70	4	1	0	115.2	157	6	44	1	0
Total			205	134	61	59	3.66	275	525	445	58	7	11	1094	1192	46	293	9	8

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1919	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1920	NY	N	P	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1922	NY	N	P	22	2	51.1	3	13	0	1	1	4	1	1.000
1923	NY	N	P	22	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1924	NY	N	P	35	0	0	10	66	1	3	0	0	0	.987
1925	NY	N	P	32	0	0	8	54	2	3	0	0	0	.969
1926	NY	N	P	31	0	0	10	42	2	1	0	0	0	.963
1927	NY	N	P	35	0	0	6	49	4	1	0	0	0	.932
1928	NY	N	P	10	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	.857
1928	BOS	N	P	16	0	0	2	12	1	0	0	0	0	.933
1928	TOT	N	P	26	0	0	2	24	3	1	0	0	0	.897
Total			P	205	2	51.1	39	268	12	10	1	4	1	.962

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH
1919	NY	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1920	NY	N	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
1922	NY	N	22	12	1	2	0	.167	.167	.167	0	5	1
1923	NY	N	22	14	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	3	0
1924	NY	N	35	77	8	14	4	.182	.241	.182	6	26	4
1925	NY	N	32	89	4	9	0	.101	.101	.101	0	26	2
1926	NY	N	31	56	1	3	1	.054	.054	.054	0	15	1
1927	NY	N	35	83	5	9	4	.108	.108	.108	0	29	4
1928	NY	N	10	22	0	2	0	.091	.091	.091	0	9	0
1928	BOS	N	16	17	1	1	0	.059	.111	.059	1	6	2
1928	TOT	N	26	39	1	3	0	.077	.100	.077	1	15	2
Total			205	371	20	40	9	.108	.124	.108	7	119	15

[edit] Transactions

Traded by New York Giants with Ben Cantwell, Al Spohrer and Bill Clarkson to Boston Braves in exchange for Joe Genewich (June 15, 1928).
Sold by Boston Braves to Milwaukee (American Association) (December 8, 1928).

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